Locally, Thornton’s innovative Anythink Libraries will use the virtual building-blocks game to host a networked Minecraft competition on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in which tween and teens are encouraged to break up into “Hunger Games” districts to create virtual worlds.

Anythink, it should be noted, is one of the first libraries in the country to maintain its own dedicated Minecraft server (via MCGamer) and has installed the game on all of its PCs district-wide.

A&E reporter John Wenzel has covered a variety of topics for The Denver Post over the years, including video games, comedy, music and the fine arts. He's been playing and loving video games since his dad brought home a sweet ColecoVision in 1983. Catch him on PSN as beardsandgum.

Hugh got his start writing for the Cheyenne and Woodmen Edition newspapers in Colorado Springs. In 2011 he moved to Denver where he has written for Denver Urban Spectrum and Colorado Community Media’s Wheat Ridge Transcript. Hugh joined The Denver Post in 2014 as an editorial assistant.

Bryan Moore joined The Denver Post sports department in 1997 and has worked in many phases of producing the daily sports section ever since, specifically focusing on coverage of the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and college football and basketball.